SENTENCE PATTERNS: SAMPLES 1. S--Vi--(Adv.) (Subject--Intransitive Verb--Adverb‚ usually optional) The man coughed (loudly). The audience laughed. The guest has arrived. The children walked down the street. The waiter hurried away from the door. Note: An intransitive verb is an action verb that does not require a direct object or a complement to complete its meaning. The word "intransitive" literally means "does not carry across." Therefore‚ the action of the verb does not transfer
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"Sentence Variety" Exercises In each exercise‚ you will practice combining sentences or using the following varieties: simple‚ compound‚ complex‚ compound-complex‚ prepositional phrases of location‚ adverbs of negation and time‚ and conditional sentence structures. Each exercise will give you specific instructions regarding the sentence type or subject verb inversion to use. Your goal is to complete ten exercises in a row‚ or until you feel comfortable using a variety of sentences structures in
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13 Sentence Patterns Pattern A A single modifier out of place for emphasis Modifier S.V To place additional emphasis on any modifier put it somewhere other than its normal place in the sentence. You must have a comma to keep reader from misinterpreting the sentence. Single words before‚ inside‚ or below may look like prepositions instead of singular adverb if comma is not used. Unclear: inside the child was noisy. Clear: inside‚ the child was noisy. Incorrect: Francesca
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the judge has no legal powers to sentence and can therefore only rely on a set mandatory sentence‚ (Scheb‚ 2008). It follows that mandatory sentencing has both negative and positive sides thus the pros and cons that are yet to be discussed. Pros of mandatory sentencing Scheb (2008) reveals that mandatory sentencing is an effective tool for preventing repetitive offences since it acts to deter future crimes. Potential criminals are aware of the type of sentence that they are likely to face and
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Sentence Outlines A sentence outline is developed in the same way as a topic outline‚ but the ideas are more fully stated. Each heading is expressed as a complete sentence‚ usually‚ but not always‚ consisting of just one main clause: Thesis: Though many students from middle-income families must struggle to meet college costs‚ low-income students suffer even
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Sentence Coherence Coherence means the quality of sticking together. a sentence has coherence when the sentence elements are so arranged as to show their relationship. Clarity in the sentence depends largely on proper word order A. Achieving coherence through proper placement of modifiers A modifier is a word‚ phrase‚ or clause that describes‚ strengthens‚ or clarifies another word (or group of words) in a sentence. When a modifier is placed in its proper position in a sentence‚ a sense
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Experienced writers use a variety of sentences to make their writing interesting and lively. Too many simple sentences‚ for example‚ will sound choppy and immature while too many long sentences will be difficult to read and hard to understand. This page contains definitions of simple‚ compound‚ and complex sentences with many simple examples. The purpose of these examples is to help the ESL/EFL learner to identify sentence basics including identification of sentences in the short quizzes that follow
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"wh-" questions about the underlined parts of the following sentences: 1. The English teacher gave us a test last week. 2. People often go to pubs in London because they have accessible prices. 3. The top model is wearing a silver dress tonight. 4. The weather was warm and sunny yesterday. 5. Nothing has happened so far. 10 points (5 x2p= lOp) SUBJECT II Find the mistake and write the correct sentences on your answer sheet. (Some sentences may be correct). 1. A snake hasn’t got legs. 2. When
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Effective Sentences Effective sentences are unity‚ coherence‚ and emphasis. A. Unity * Unity is the first quality of an effective sentence. A unified sentence expresses a single complete thought. It does not contain ideas that are not related‚ nor does it express a "[T]he essential quality of a paragraph should be unity. A paragraph is supposed to have a central idea‚ and everything in the paragraph relates to and develops that idea. The reader finds no surprises‚ and every sentence fits
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ISC 2009 Class X -English Question paper General Instructions: 1. Attempt all four question. 2. The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets. 3. You are advised to spend not more than 35 minutes in answering Question 1 and 20 minutes in answering Question 2. Question 1 (Do not spend more than 35 minutes on this question). Write a composition (350 – 400 words) on any one of the following:- (25 Marks) 1. Recall a remarkable event of social importance in your city or
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